BRP Banahaw (1908)

{{Infobox ship | Ship image= The presidential yacht of the Philippines Banahaw (ex-Casania, ex-Cassandra) arriving in the Philippines 25 November 1936.jpg | Ship caption= The presidential yacht of the Philippines Banahaw (ex-Casania, ex-Cassandra) arriving in the Philippines 25 November 1936

|module= Career (United States of America) Name: SS CasandraBuilder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, GreenockYard number: 423Launched: 19 February 1908Sponsored by: R. A. Rainy, New YorkIdentification: 213590Fate: sold to Edward L. Doheny, date uncertain |module2= Career (United States of America) Owner: Edward L. DohenyRenamed: SS Casiana, date uncertainFate: sold to Commonwealth of the Philippines, 1936 BRP Banahaw (ex-Casiana, ex-Casandra) was a British-built yacht that later served as the presidential yacht of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

History

She was launched in on 19 February 1908 at the Greenock shipyard of Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (John & Robert Scott) for the benefit of R. A. Rainy of New York. She was christened Casandra. She was purchased by the American oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny who renamed her Casiana after his first oil well in Mexico, Casiana No. 7. In 1936, she was purchased by the Commonwealth of the Philippines for $50,000 and arrived in the Philippines on 25 November 1936. She was officially assigned to the Coast Guard although was primarily used as a presidential yacht. On December 29, 1941, she was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft while docked at the Fort Mills dock, Corregidor. Her tender was re-floated and repaired and served as patrol boat Q-115 Baler in the first indigenous Philippine torpedo boat squadron consisting of three torpedo boats (Q-111 Luzon, Q-112 Abra, Q-113 Agusan) and fellow patrol boat, Q-114 Danday.